Al-Albaani “Tightness in the Chest” Quote on the Internet Incorrectly Referenced as Being Something He Said

by The Albaani Blog

The quote below can be found on the internet and is referenced as being from Shaikh Al-Albaani’s Silsilah as-Saheehah, hadith no. 554, vol. 2, p. 86, but after checking Silsilah, under hadith no. 554 all that can be found is the actual text of the hadith, “Eemaan is patience and tolerance,” and no explanation, along with the fact that hadith no. 554 is on p. 94 and not p. 86 as is referenced, and there is also nothing explaining the hadith on p. 86, unless this was taken from a different print than the one it was just checked against. Allaah knows best but the entire paragraph preceding the hadith below is not in Silsilah and shouldn’t be attributed to the Shaikh.

Maybe someone meant to reference the hadith alone as being from Al-Albaani’s Silsilah and not the paragraph preceding it and then it may have been incorrectly copied and pasted and so on until it seemed as though the entire paragraph was from Silsilah. And Allaah knows best.

Here is the text of what is being circulated on the internet, attributed to Al-Albaani:

“Symptoms of weak faith

Shaykh Al Albani رحمه الله

Tightness in the chest, mood swings and depression,which weigh a man down and make him quick to complain about the slightest thing, these all are symptoms of weak faith. A person easily gets upset with the people around him, and no longer has any tolerance. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) described faith when he said, “Eemaan is patience and tolerance”

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